Early Connecticut houses; an historical and architectural study (1900)
Isham, Norman Morrison, 1864-1943, Brown, Albert F. (Albert Frederic), b. 1862 · Providence, R.I. : The Preston and Rounds company · leaf 226
1696.^ The method of sawing boards, whether by hand or by mill,which we have been describing, consists, as A in Figure 94 willshow, in a series of parallel cuts from the top to the bottom ofthe log, as the latter is moved sidewise upon its supports. Thisdoes well enough for common boards, and in… … FIGURE 94. class flooring or fine boards for cabinet or joiner work are re-quired. The reason of this will be apparent on a little study ofFigure 94. At A we see that the cut of the saw crosses theannual rings at a constantly varying angle. It is at right anglesto them only at the middle of the…
Architecture, Domestic · Historic buildings
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